Recurrent acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis

Abstract

Recurrent acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis is infrequent in childhood and exceptional in adults. The factors that determine recurrence are poorly understood. Selective IgA deficiency is characterized by an increased incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections. The case of a 33-year-old man with a history of repetitive sinopulmonary infections and diagnosed with selective IgA deficiency is described. He suffered 2 episodes of postinfectious glomerulonephritis within a 15-year period. Selective IgA deficiency may have predisposed to the development of recurrent postinfectious glomerulonephritis